SPORTS
Crabb departs from Bowie
The Bowie girl’s basketball team will have a new person stalking the sideline next year and leading practices.
Coach Joe Crabb, who has served as the program’s head coach the past two years, took the job at Stamford to be the girl’s basketball coach and be the girl’s coordinator.
The decision to leave was a tough one for Crabb.
“They contacted me, I wasn’t looking and it was a great opportunity,” Crabb said. “They have a great program and I’ll be the girl’s coordinator as well as basketball coach. The softball team just won the state title the other night. We have friends in that area from when we were in Garden City.”
Crabb came to Bowie after 20-plus years of experience working at 1A programs like Strawn and Garden City. He had some adjustments to make working in a bigger school district, but ultimately enjoyed the experience.
“It was a challenge, but after the initial period of getting used to more kids in the school and in the program, I got used to it thanks to the help I had from Coach (Jaimie) Hickey and all she did for me,” Crabb said.
On the basketball court his teams featured mostly upperclassmen who bought into his aggressive, trapping style defenses that forced turnovers in bunches.
While the district title eluded the program with rival Nocona having its golden age, that did not deter the program from making some serious noise in the playoffs.
The 2019-2020 team went into the playoffs as a third seed and upset a talented young Peaster team, completed a last minute comeback against Cisco and gave second ranked Jim Ned a run for their money in the regional quarterfinals.
This year’s team had a similar run after finishing third in the district, upsetting Brock in the bi-district in dramatic fashion, handling Merkel before falling to state power Jim Ned once again in the regional quarterfinals.
Despite the program losing four starters and returning only four varsity players Crabb was excited about the future of the program which is what made the decision to leave so hard.
“I have mixed emotions about leaving,” Crabb said. “I know we have some people graduating, but I liked the kids we had coming back. Loved the young kids I got to work with and the junior high kids this year. I am excited about the future here too, but it was just a great opportunity there.”
To read the full story pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
In its first match since last year’s state semifinal appearance, Saint Jo hosted Bryson Aug. 11 and took a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 win over the Cowgirls.
The Lady Panthers lost some talent to graduation but have five seniors ready to have a successful season. Savannah Hil, one of the five, got Saint Jo rolling offensively with a four-point serving string, including a pair of aces. Abby Carter’s kill and Kamron Skidmore’s block helped put the Lady Panthers up 5-2 in game one.
Hadleigh Moore added a four-point string of her own to extend the lead to 10-3. Tatum Morman’s pair, helped by a Hill kill, gave Saint Jo a 14-5 lead. Bryson got within five before a Hill 3-pointer, with help by a Carter kill, put the lead back at 18-10.
After an Olivia Johnson kill broke serve, Jordyn O’Neal served up the final five points, with Johnson providing a kill to move things along.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Despite being the smallest school in the Brock varsity classic volleyball tournament, the Lady Indians finished 4th out of the eight teams there.
After losing to the host team in its first pool play match Aug. 14 18-25, 14-25 and also to Class 3A Wall 12-25, 8-25, Nocona rebounded to close out pool play with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-20 win over Christoval. Sy Parker had 16 kills and 7 blocks in the three matches. Raylea Bowles had 12 kills, 17 digs and served up three aces. Maddyn Bowles had seven kills and 14 digs while Paige Davis had seven kills and 15 digs. Baylee Thomas added 11 digs.
From the setter spot, Kasi Castro had 20 assists, served up five aces and contributed 14 digs. Leah Meekins added 18 assists and six digs during the three matches.
To open Saturday’s bracket play, the Lady Indians posted a 25-18, 18-25, 26-24, 25-19 win over Fort Worth Christian. Castro staked Nocona to a 2-0 lead in game one. Kills by Parker set up pairs of points from Raylea Bowles and Leah Meekins helped Nocona negate an early deficit and take a 10-9 lead.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
County football teams had their first scrimmage of the season Aug. 14 with mixed results.
Forestburg hosted Azle Christian and Victory Christian. Under a new system with new head coach Cori Hayes, the Longhorns looked pretty good in the coach’s eye.
“The first team looked good,” Hayes explained. “Overall we need to work on our pace and blocking assignments and blocking assignments. Overall we looked good for the new regime.”
Forestburg hits the road to scrimmage Newcastle Aug. 21.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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